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Thursday, September 29, 2011

STAMPtember Spotlight on Kathy Racoosin

STAMPtember is in full gear and we'd like to spotlight an avid and inspiring artist - Kathy Racoosin - to get your mojo wheels turning!

Kathy is a sweet friend of mine and of Simon. She has a zest for life, a warm loving attitude, and a heart of gold. Beyond that, she is an OOOOBER talented artist and designer. Seriously folks, her blog: The Daily Marker, has the most beautifully colored images and cards! Breathtaking I tell ya, purely BREATHTAKING!

(pictured with her hubby and two children)

Kathy is a sounding board for me personally and professionally. It's a real treasure to have her in my life. I'm so excited that in just 24 hours I will be able to visit with her at a girl's weekend stamping retreat! Do you think that markers might be like magic wands, and if I use hers, that my own work will turn out like this??:

umm...yeah, Kathy made these! I'm telling ya, check out her blog (after you finish reading this of course;)

Kathy's workspace is one of my all time most favorite workspaces! I would love to have a space as organized and as beautiful as this - wouldn't you?

Whenever I dream of what I want in a art room / studio (studio sounds way too classy for someone like me!) ... I dream of this ... buttons all organized in nice clear jars BY COLOR...Ribbon by color and beautiful furniture with great lighting. What does your studio look like? I'm not sure what mine looks like anymore..it's covered in stamps! Can we "Trade spaces" ?

Sweet Kathy created these lovely cards and made a perfect tutorial ESPECIALLY FOR YOU on her blog today! She took the time to give beautifully detailed and photographed descriptions of what she did to create these works of art! See - I told you she was sweet! (Thanks so much Kathy!) The cards showcase a beautiful Penny Black stamp called "Christmas Star". Be sure to pop by The Daily Marker and tell Kathy we sent ya! She has a huge ($200 worth of product) celebration giveaway on her sidebar!

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WOW what an awesome space Kathy have here. I should maybe save these pics as a preference, when I start to decorate my own new room here shortly? Boy I wish it could look something like this?? And her poinsettas are gorgeoustoo, I just love them. Maybe you could put her magic wand on as candy some day? Who couldn´t use a bit of that magic in our coloring too ha ha ha.Thanks for the chance and have a wonderful day everyone.

Interesting pointsetta flowers.The ribbon ladder is really cool.I would love my table to look that tidy right now. Normally it is, but I've been buying loads of stuff and making cards for a craft sale.My table is a 2.5 x 8 ft, 3 inch thick butcher block bakery table. It has bookcases, jetmax cubes and other storage on top and rolling plastic storage drawers underneath.

Beautiful cards!! Love the family picture and the fun that they appear to be having! I would love to have such a studio myself...maybe one day! Love the stamp set featured as today's give away...those flowers are great!

I'm a Kathy blog follower! And she is an amazing artist. I don't have any copics yet, and I'm still figuring out my style. I can already tell how much I've grown in the last couple of years of collecting stamps,inks,dies,tools,etc. I'm learning to organize and even just viewing her art, I'm learning where shading and hilights should be.

Can I just say that Kathy is truly the sweetest person...she's been inspiring me with her amazing talent since I first saw her work on Flickr years ago. Have a wonderful girl's weekend, I'm just a bit envious!

I love Kathy's work and subscribe to her blog. Incredibly talented!Today's card is just one example wht...it is divine. I would be in absolute heaven to have a crafting area 1/2 as great as hers. Thanks for featuring another amazing talent.

Wow. I wish I had that kind of space. I wish I had that kind of talent. Just beautiful. I just invested in a couple of COPICS. Can't wait to try them out. Don't think what I make will turn out quite like Kathy's, but maybe with a little practice it could happen. Happy STAMPtember.

Great feature on Kathy! She is super-talented and also a super-awesome-person. She lives close to me so we frequent the same stamp shop. Anyway, I love the cards she made, beautiful potted poinsettias and I love that stamped background! Kathy and Simon Says Stamp, Thanks for sharing!

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I been Kathy's blog follower since she organized her first blog anniversary. I really like her works a lot. She really have a magic marker wand! You never get bored by her inspiration and creation! Keep up the creative, Kathy!

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